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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). See the Google Doc for links.).

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

And a more extensive background check may be required if a volunteer works with children. Shockingly, according to a Software Advice research report, 52 percent of nonprofits are still using Excel and Google Docs to run their development operations. Volunteer applications can also uncover valuable skills, interests, and certifications.

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Case Study: Use Google's Free Tools to Animate Your Data

NTEN

By Andy Krackov, Assistant Vice President, Programs & Partnerships, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health At the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, we publish data on children's health and well being in California through our own www.kidsdata.org website.

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AI Prompts to Jumpstart Your End-of-Year Fundraising

sgEngage

Open that blank doc and start by answering questions like: “What impact can our donors make by contributing to our mission this year?” Make an impact today—pledge your support to build three exceptional education centers where children can explore, learn, and grow alongside nature’s marvels.

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Do You Inform Donors Of These 2 Giving Opportunities?

Bloomerang

Download Donor Letter (DOC). For an example of how to share IRA gifting information with donors, see the Phoenix Children’s Foundation website. . Let them know they may be able to increase their giving this year by taking advantage of the changes to tax deductibility under the CARES Act. Write to your donors. Final Note.

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The Best Giving Tuesday Email Subject Lines Of 2022

Bloomerang

I received this email from Save the Children complete with a countdown inside to hit their match and a very compelling image of a child in need looking directly at the camera. Create a “Subject lines” google doc with them and add in your highest performing subject lines (psst, I do this too and I have 384 subject lines in mine).

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Grab This Fundraising Plan Template for New Nonprofits

Get Fully Funded

It’s not enough to say you want to make sure children don’t go hungry. You want to provide X number of meals to X number of children for X amount of time. What specifically are you doing to accomplish your mission? Think in terms of action. You have to be more specific. What will this cost? This number is your direct program cost.

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